diff --git a/accountsservice.spec b/accountsservice.spec
index c4f386d..a7ebdd7 100644
--- a/accountsservice.spec
+++ b/accountsservice.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ of these interfaces, based on the useradd, usermod and userdel commands.
 %setup -q
 
 %build
-%configure
+%configure --enable-vala
 make %{?_smp_mflags}